Alabama Mills, Inc.

In the Matter of ALABAMA MILLS, INC. and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. R-1394 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 1939 On August 5, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. On August 18, 1939, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 The Direction of Election, as amended, provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction among the production and maintenance em- ployees of the. Alabama Mills, Inc., at the Russellville plant, who were employed during the pay-roll period next preceding the- date of the Decision and Direction of Election, including. employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or had since been tempo- rarily laid off, but excluding executive, supervisory, and clerical em- ployees, watchmen, and drink-stand ^ operators, and - excluding also those who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to -determine whether or not they desired to be represented by Textile-Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot. was conducted on August 22, 1939, at Russellville, Alabama, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Direc- tor for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On August 25, 1939, the. Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any. of the parties. 1 14 N. L. R. B. 257. '2 14 N. L. R. B. 261. 15 N. L. R. B., No. 51. 483 484 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported tis follows : Total number eligible --------------------------------------- 280 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 268 Total number of ballots cast for Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations--------------------------------------------------- 145 Total number of ballots cast against Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations ---------------------------------------------------- 108 Total number of challenged ballots-------------------------- 15 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National' Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations= Series 2, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and mainte- nance employees of the Alabama Mills, Inc., at the Russellville plant, excluding executive, supervisory, and clerical employees, watchmen, and drink-stand operators, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Sec- tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organ- izations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.